Exhibitions, Seminar

Alison Wilding

16 February - 12 August 2018
Turner Prize nominee and Royal Academician Alison Wilding presents works spanning the past 20 years of her career. This new show at the Whitworth will comprise of three major sculptures,…

Apna: Ours Yours Everybody’s

3 February - 13 May 2018
Apna is a word used in many languages across South Asia meaning ‘ours, yours or everybody’s’. This reflects how the Whitworth shares the collection that is housed here. In the Collections…

Beyond Borders

20 May 2017 - 3 June 2018
Beyond Borders, explores South Asian textiles bringing together four artists working on issues around post-colonial identity, ruptured spaces, authenticity, displacement and belonging.…

Cozens and Cozens

16 June 2017 - 24 June 2018
Father and son, Alexander and John Robert Cozens, were influential watercolour painters of the 18th century. Alexander was a drawing master who dedicated his career to teaching young…

Critical Global Politics Cluster Seminars Semester 2, 2017-2018 - Wednesday 18th of April - Veronique Pin-fat - University of Manchester

15:30 - 17:00 18 April 2018
Wednesday, April 18 3.30-5pm ALB G30/31 Veronique Pin-Fat University of Manchester The horror of love and the love of horror in IR: Spectacles of violence as ethical encounter

En route to more perfect crimes? On Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies’ anonymity and their use by offenders

13:00 - 14:30 18 April 2018
CCCJ Seminar Series 2017/2018 Illicit markets, whether online or offline, bring together offenders looking to buy and sell goods (ex. illicit drugs, endangered species, stolen financial…

Exchanges

24 March 2018 - 2 February 2020
Exchanges sets art and artists together, sometimes in harmony, sometimes in opposition – always with insight and intention. In this evolving exhibition, art that has recently been…

In the Land

27 January - 4 November 2018
Rethinking the form, texture and space of the natural landscape. This exhibition looks back at a period of intense experimentation in British painting and sculpture where artists,…

Is France having a moment? The 2017 French electoral series and the populist challenge to the Fifth French Republic

14:00 - 15:00 18 April 2018
Is France having a moment? The 2017 French electoral series and the populist challenge to the Fifth French Republic

Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves

30 March - 28 August 2018
Ten Thousand Waves is the most recent in a series of major moving image acquisitions by the Whitworth and was supported through Art Fund’s Moving Image Fund. Rooted in the Morecambe…

John Stezaker

1 December 2017 - 24 June 2018
Using vintage photographs, old film stills, postcards and book illustrations, John Stezaker makes collages that subvert their original imagery, creating unique and compelling works…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 18 April 2018
Giulia Berlusconi, National University of Ireland, Alberto Aziani, Universita’ Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and Transcrime, Milan, and Luca Giommoni, Cardiff University. Cocaine supply…

Nature Through Roman Eyes

10:00 6 April - 17:00 30 October 2018
Nature Through Roman Eyes is inspired by the work of Roman writer Pliny the Elder. His Natural History – a 37 book encyclopaedia of the ancient world - covers every subject from astronomy…

Social isolation and older BAME communities

10:30 - 15:00 18 April 2018
Older BAME (Black, Asian and Minority ethnic) residents experience social isolation on a number of fronts for a variety of reasons. This seminar will discuss findings from recent research…

Valentina Zagaria, PhD candidate in Social Anthropology at London School of Ec - Wednesday 18th April, 4-6 pm, at University Place 2.217

16:00 - 18:00 18 April 2018
Title of the event: Visiting Postgraduate Seminar Department of Anthropology, University of Manchester Invited speaker: Valentina Zagaria, PhD candidate in Social Anthropology at…

A Rubbish Night at the Museum

10:00 19 April - 17:00 5 May 2018
If you care about the rubbish in the streets of Greater Manchester, come along and see an exhibition of nearly 100 displays by artists, photographers, researchers, companies, community…

All Our Futures - Creating a Healthy Built Environment for Older People

12:00 - 16:30 19 April 2018
The next seminar of the MICRA Seminar Series All Our Futures - Creating a Healthy Built Environment for Older People, occurs on Thursday the 19th of April from 12:00-16:30 in G306B,…

Daniele Massacci (Bank of England)

16:15 - 17:45 19 April 2018
Title: Testing for Regime Changes in Large Dimensional Factor Models Abstract: We develop a new test for regime changes in large dimensional threshold factor models. We rely on an…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof. David Law (Manchester), "Moses at the Movies"

14:00 - 16:00 19 April 2018
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. These seminars are free with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute Q&A session. Tea and biscuits…

History Seminar ‘“11-13” Paris: A transdisciplinary research program about memory of terrorist attacks’

16:15 - 17:30 19 April 2018
History Research Seminar presented by Prof. Denis Peschanski (Paris I): ‘“11-13” Paris: A transdisciplinary research program about memory of terrorist attacks’

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Dr. Rachel Muers, "The Un/Deserving Poor: Social Class and Theological Ethics"

16:00 - 17:30 19 April 2018
The Religions & Theology research seminar takes place on alternate Thursdays. These seminars are free with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute Q&A session.

Methodist Studies Seminar

09:30 - 17:00 20 April 2018
The Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History, Oxford Brookes University, and the Manchester Wesley Research Centre have worked in partnership for several years. In 2012, the centres…

HCRI Research Seminar Series - Billy Tusker Haworth: Volunteered geographic information and community disaster resilience

16:30 - 18:00 23 April 2018
The HCRI Research Seminar Series is open to HCRI staff and students, and other University of Manchester colleagues and students for whom the topic of the seminar is relevant. Billy…

MIOIR Seminar: Shaz Ansari, Cambridge Judge Business School

12:30 - 14:00 23 April 2018
The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research runs a series of regular seminars given by visiting speakers to Manchester, discussing key issues in science, technology and innovation…

MIOIR Seminar: Machine learning, social learning and responsible innovation for self-driving cars

12:00 - 13:30 24 April 2018
Self-driving cars, a quintessentially ‘smart’ technology, are not born smart. The algorithms that control their movements are learning as the technology emerges. Self-driving cars represent…

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